Amsterdam Vallon
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Gangs of New York is a 2002 American historical drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, and Kenneth Lonergan, based on Herbert Asbury's 1927 book The Gangs of New York.
Dec 20, 2002 · A revenge story set in the Five Points area of New York City in 1862, directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis and Cameron Diaz. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more.
- (475K)
- Crime, Drama
- Martin Scorsese
- 2002-12-20
Amsterdam Vallon (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a young Irish immigrant released from prison. He returns to the Five Points seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting (Daniel Day-Lewis ...
- (215)
- Martin Scorsese
- R
- Leonardo Dicaprio
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, and Daniel Day-Lewis, ‘Gangs of New York’ chronicles the waves of immigrants that swelled the population of New York to where...
- 3 min
- 524.7K
- Miramax
A revenge story set in the 1860s New York, where a young Irish immigrant seeks to kill the leader of the Natives, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father. The film depicts the violence, corruption and racism of the Five Points district, as well as the Civil War and Tammany Hall politics.
Dec 20, 2002 · Martin Scorsese's "Gangs of New York" rips up the postcards of American history and reassembles them into a violent, blood-soaked story of our bare-knuckled past. The New York it portrays in the years between the 1840s and the Civil War is, as a character observes, "the forge of hell," in which groups clear space by killing their rivals.
In the crime-ridden slums of New York in the 1860s, vengeful orphan Amsterdam Vallon joins the cutthroat gang of his father's killer, Bill the Butcher. Watch trailers & learn more.
